The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Houston Venture Forum

The TiE Texas Funding Forum is starting soon and StartupHouston will be LiveBlogging the event! Stay tuned for more updates LIVE!
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 8:20:15 PM
The event is starting.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:02:01 PM
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:10:53 PM
Picture of the mixer while people are waiting for the event to start
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:11:19 PM
The format is a roundtable format, which is a little different than what you might be used to for other events like the Rice Alliance Venture Forum. There are 9 roundtables and 2 companies per table. Each company gets 15 minutes to present and 15 minutes for Q&A.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:42:00 PM
Sorry there was a gap with nothing posted. Since this is a roundtable format, I've been running around to different tables to take photos and then coming back to upload and post. Lots more about to get posted.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:42:51 PM
Ashok Rao, President of TiE Houston kicks off the event with a joke. Quick Version: It doesn't matter what you wear to an investor forum, either way you're going to get screwed [Crowd laughs]. Talks then about TiE as an international organization that has branched out in terms of the community of entrepreneurs that it serves.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:44:57 PM
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by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:49:12 PM
Kannan Kalliyur, President of TiE Austin, is up next. Talks about how over 55 companies submitted business plans and only 20 were chosen (also, correction, there are 10 tables of Entrepreneurs and Investors, not 9). Excited that TiE is able to find a strong foothold in Houston like Austin. There are companies here from Houston / Austin / Dallas / India.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:49:23 PM
Kala Marathi, Managing Director, Houston Angel Network (HAN), gets up to speak about how HAN supports entrepreneurs and how they are involved with this event.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:53:21 PM
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Walter Ulrich, President and CEO of the Houston Technology Center is up next. Talks about how great it is to see TiE Houston flourish and how much effort has been put in by Ashok Rao and others to make that happen.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:55:52 PM
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:56:56 PM
Earlier, Ashok Rao, TiE Houston asked all of the presenting companies to stand up. Here is a photo:
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:58:40 PM
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 10:59:17 PM
A couple of last notes about presenters.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:00:10 PM
Walter made a comment about how there are people in the room that represent $200 Million potential investment for entrepreneurs.
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:00:48 PM
Kannan Kalliyur also made the comment that TiE stands for Money and Mentorship as well and that they are having an event this Saturday that discusses online marketing. More info here: houston.tie.org
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:04:04 PM
OK, now more info about the companies presenting at each table
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:04:26 PM
Round 1 - Table 1: Memory Reel
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:04:46 PM
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Round 1 -Table 2: SalesVu
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:05:39 PM
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Round 1 - Table 3: WhichBox
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:08:47 PM
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Round 1 - Table 4: Paltux
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:09:28 PM
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Round 1 - Table 5: infiniRel
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:10:28 PM
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Round 1 - Table 6: Strong Room Solutions
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:10:49 PM
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Round 1 - Table 7: iShoe
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:11:38 PM
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Round 1 - Table 8: Sapling Learning
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:12:23 PM
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Round 1 - Table 9: Equipark
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:13:08 PM
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Round 1 - Table 10: inView
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:14:55 PM
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:15:10 PM
OK, Round 1 of the TiE Texas Forum at HTC is over and we are beginning Round 2. I will be going around the room to capture some more pictures and should be posting them in about 5-10 minutes. Stay tuned!!
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:15:55 PM
Round 2 Shots Coming Up
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:26:53 PM
Round 2: Table 1: eZdia
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:27:14 PM
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:27:43 PM
Round 2 - Table 2: Net Watch
by StartupHouston at 11/11/2009 11:28:06 PM

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Houston Venture Forum

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